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You need two very good teams to make a great game - and that’s what we got from Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday.

Both teams played their part but yet again you had to be impressed with Liverpool’s ability to do what they do inside a very short space of time, tearing City apart in a 10 minute spell in the second half.

It was devastating and City couldn’t recover quickly enough to stop them - by the time they got back on an even keel the game was over.

I thought the scoreline flattered Manchester City.

You can prepare to play City because you know how they want to play but nevertheless you run the risk that at their very best they can do some real damage.

But Liverpool had equal qualities and it was basically a straight shootout between the two front threes and I think Liverpool came out well on top.

Certainly Aguero and Sterling both didn’t have particularly good games whereas all the Liverpool front men were on the top of their game.

It was Liverpool’s first game since Philippe Coutinho went to Barcelona and, while there’s no-one who doesn’t like Coutinho or think he’s a great player, I just have a feeling he’s never going to be one of those players you miss an awful lot.

We’ve got the tools and the makeup of the midfield on Sunday looked excellent, all three of them having exceptional games.

I don’t think there’s any Liverpool fans who wouldn’t be happy to carry on with the options we have in midfield until the end of the season. Jordan Henderson is back in training as well and he’s another player more than capable of holding his own in the Premier League and is proven in it. The more you have fit and ready the better.

Jordan Henderson during a training session at Melwood on January 18 (Image: (Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images))

Was Sunday a message for next season?

I think it’s more about what’s happening now. We need to get in the top four and it’s extremely tight so we were desperate for those three points.

There may not be a top six any more, it may be a top five, but it’s tight and will stay that way until the end of the season.

Of course it sends an internal signal with the players now thinking 'we might be 15 points behind them but in real terms it might not be that big a gap'.

The goalkeeping situation is baffling - I'd be amazed if we didn't buy in the summer

Liverpool’s front three all scored against Man City but they didn’t do anything we haven’t seen before - we have expectations of them.

I thought Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had his finest game as a Liverpool player. He now feels completely happy with his physical condition and he knows he can cope with the workload.

Andy Robertson had a very good game against Raheem Sterling, defending ever so well.

It’s taken him a little while but he’s looking like an excellent acquisition.

It’s too close to call between him and Alberto Moreno for first choice and it wouldn’t surprise if Moreno got as many of the big games as Robertson between now and the end of the season. I think Klopp will be quite happy to keep them both on their toes.

Most teams rotate but very few rotate the goalkeeper and now it appears that Karius is ahead of Mignolet. The only reason I can think of is that Klopp now wants to know for definite where he stands for next season.

You get the feeling that next season’s goalkeeper won’t be Mignolet - it will be either Karius or a new goalkeeper.

I’d be amazed if Liverpool didn’t buy a new goalkeeper in the summer.

Karius doesn’t fill me with confidence. Okay, he wouldn’t be the first player to get into a team and improve with playing games but he has a lot of work to do to convince people that he’s the right man.

Could Chelsea be the team to miss the top four?

Klopp embraces Guardiola at the final whistle

Man City are still ahead of everybody else. They find it easier to win games than anyone else.

Arsenal are not in a good place right now and I think they know that and are trying to rectify it.

Chelsea have a tendency to self-destruct and create problems for themselves. It’s quite incredible how they do it.

Now they’ve got an unhappy manager and you get the feeling the club is buying players above his head.

Chelsea's head coach Antonio Conte gestures on the touchline

Spurs are in fifth at the moment but I think they’ll get top four.

Who will miss out? Maybe Chelsea, but it’s too tight to call.

Liverpool are in a a good place at the moment, the team’s in good form and long may that continue.

Swansea have failed to replace their best players

Liverpool visit Swansea on Monday night who have a new manager and are desperate for points.

I look at their team and wonder ‘is there enough points in that team?’ I think they’re going to really struggle.

Trent Alexander- Arnold celebrates after scoring during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Swansea City (Image: (Photo by John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images))

For a number of years now they’ve sold their best players and failed to replace them. That catches up with you.

They can hope to be well organised and frustrate Liverpool - they wouldn’t want an end to end game.

We know that Liverpool have more than enough to put them away and I’d be amazed if we didn’t.

There will always be controversy in football

Match referee uses the VAR system during the Emirates FA Cup replay between Chelsea and Norwich City at Stamford Bridge (Image: (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images))

VAR (Video assistant referee) has been in the headlines this week.

I think we’ve had indications already that there’s a benefit but also that it doesn’t solve everything.

Controversial decisions will continue because some of them almost come down to a matter of opinion.

It’s use has been been a mixed bag so far.

Controversy will always be part of football and it’s very difficult to get every decision 100% spot on.